Richard Lemm
Richard Lemm is a poet and professor based in Prince Edward Island. He was born is Seattle, immigrated to Canada in 1967, and moved to Atlantic Canada in 1979. He has an MA in English from Queen's University and a PhD from Dalhousie University.
After moving to PEI to be with Libby Oughton, the publisher of Ragweed Press, he has been teaching at University of Prince Edward Island in Canadian and Postcolonial Literatures since 1986.
He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985–1987.Publications
Poetry
- Dancing in Asylum. Porters Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1982.
- A Difficult Faith. Porters Lake, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1985.
- Prelude to the Bacchanal. Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1990
- Four Ways of Dealing with Bullies. Toronto, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2000.
- Shape of Things to Come. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2007.
- Burning House. Hamilton, ON: Wolsak and Wynn, 2010.
- The Gold Flash. North Vancouver, BC: Alfred Gustav Press, 2011.
- Jeopardy: Poems. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2018.
- Future Hurtling Toward Us. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2018.
Edited
- Riptides: New Island Fiction. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2012.
- Snow Softly Falling: Holiday Stories from Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn, 2015.
Non-fiction
- Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger. Ottawa, ON: Carleton University Press, 1999.
- If You’re Stronghearted: Milton Acorn, the People’s Poet. Ottawa, ON: Carleton University Press, 1998.
Awards
- Winner of Canadian Authors’ Association Award 1991, for Prelude to the Bacchanal
- Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2014, for Shape of Things to Come
- Shortlisted for Atlantic Poetry Prize 2003, for The Afterlife of Trees
- Winner of the P.E.I. Heritage and Museum Foundation Award, for Milton Acorn: In Love and Anger
- Winner of P.E.I. Book Award 2014, for Riptides: New Island Fiction
- Shortlisted for Atlantic Book Award 2013, for Riptides: New Island Fiction
